Winter Riding?
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12-10-2008, 11:47 AM
Winter Riding?
I would like to know if anyone has experienced any prolonged muscle pain in their shoulders or arms during the winter months of riding. Just recently I am having this problem and would like to know if it may be from riding. If so I would like some recommendations on curing this problem. Naturally this would consider that I will continue riding in the winter months.
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12-10-2008, 11:49 AM
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12-10-2008, 11:54 AM
Nope sorry haven't had this. You're sure you didn't just strain something and didn't realize it? Or a pinched nerve maybe? Otherwise I have no idea why you'd develope this all of a sudden. Don't see how winter could make any difference I guess.
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12-10-2008, 12:44 PM
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Here in northern Illinois you don't ride in the winter. Too must snow, ice and salt on the roads. Stretching before and after a winter ride might help loosen you up.
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12-10-2008, 12:52 PM
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How did you manage that trick.....the kids were downstairs waiting for me to finish the driveway, so I could drop themat the Mall later.....
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12-10-2008, 01:21 PM
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You might be clenching your shoulders while you ride. A little cold, and you pull your shoulders in tight to fight the chill and you end up with sore muscles. Next time you're out riding, after the first mile or so, intentionally relax your shoulders and let them drop. I find myself having to that once in a while, or I come home with sore shoulders.
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12-10-2008, 01:27 PM
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You might be clenching your shoulders while you ride. A little cold, and you pull your shoulders in tight to fight the chill and you end up with sore muscles. Next time you're out riding, after the first mile or so, intentionally relax your shoulders and let them drop. I find myself having to that once in a while, or I come home with sore shoulders.
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12-10-2008, 01:31 PM
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Just too damn cold to be ridin at this time of year round here. (Northeast New York) If all you can think of is how cold your hands are when your in the saddle, then its time to put the old girl away til April.
No one loves to ride like me, but its no fun in the cold
No one loves to ride like me, but its no fun in the cold
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12-10-2008, 01:41 PM
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During my college years I rode a '79 Triumph Bonneville with a kick starter. Cold starts were a bitch, especially in the winter. Looking back, it's a wonder I didn't pull a muscle. Electric start is the best thing that's ever happened to bikes.